We’ve got a special episode for you today. We teamed up with the folks over at Tadpole Press for microfiction contest — and we’re featuring the top 5 pieces here. Each of these tiny pieces – including one as short as 17 words – pack a punch. Stories that trace the fragile transformations of memoryContinue reading "Micro x Tadpole Press: 100-Word Contest"

We’ve teamed up with the folks at Tadpole Press for their 100-word writing contest. The winners will be featured on an episode of Micro! Listen to Tadpole founder, Amber Byers, talk about the contest and collaboration and visit Tadpole Press for more info! Guidelines Who Can Enter All writers are welcome—of any age, gender, orContinue reading "Micro + Tadpole Press 100-word Contest!"

Katanas and snapdragons, cadence and cold spoons. This episode is the resistance and the remedy, an oscillation of cherries and change.  Lysz Flo – Silent Knives (Hooligan Mag) Rita Mookerjee – Voicemail for Emily Dickinson (The Offing) Andrew Ketcham – Horse Girl (Hobart) Richard Siken – Fear (The Harvard Advocate)

The moon in the mural. A space between bones. Matter that’s changed its mind. This episode, like all bodies, all rivers, all art — is a microcosm. Ja’net Danielo – For the Body as Poem in Diode Christina Hennemann – Astronomy Lecture, Or Mayo Dark Skies in All Existing Literary Magazine Carolyn Hembree – Prayer,Continue reading "Danielo x Hennemann x Hembree"

Hope you’re hungry. Because in this episode, we’ve got crystal goblets and styrofoam cups, sunsoaked artichokes and that hug from the inside.  It’s a show that is—and isn’t—about food, making a case for defining things by what they aren’t.  Sara Hills – Failure to Thrive, published by the Bath Flash Fiction Award Parker Logan –Continue reading "Hills x Logan x Collins"

What does grief look like to you? Is it a phone booth outside of a Wendy’s? Maybe this is a show about praying to a neon cross. Is it spoonfuls of yellow paint? Maybe this is a show about having buttons for eyes. Is it an unwanted present? Maybe this is a show about aContinue reading "Steiner x Goldberg x Greer x Fish"

This show has really just gone to the dogs. Or at least it has for today.  Because in this episode — with catspeak and countdowns. Birch trees and bewilderment — we’ve got four pieces where dogs — and cats — lead us through other lives and our own.

Bear Hugs and Butcher Paper. Pond Frogs and Daniel Tiger. On today’s show, we follow children down paths chosen, stopping to meditate on what means to be a parent — or not. Richie Zaborowske is a dad, librarian, and author from the Midwest. Twitter Claire Taylor is a Baltimore-based writer and the founding editor of LittleContinue reading "Zaborowske x Taylor x Ruffin x Smith"

Kirsti MacKenzie, writer and editor-in-chief of Major 7th Magazine, curated this special “absurd” episode!  Jane O’Sullivan is an Australian writer whose short stories and art writing have appeared in Meanjin, Passages North, Vault, Mascara, ArtAsiaPacific, and the Spineless Wonders anthologies Pulped Fiction and Play. Website | Twitter | Instragram Andrew Rivas is a normal manContinue reading "Wild & Weird!"

Surprise! It’s a new(ish) episode with pieces that have been featured on the show before. While we’re between seasons, we thought it would be fun to put out a remix episode! Paula Harris – “Chris pauses to enjoy the flowering cherry trees near his office, while a small Japanese man stands in front of themContinue reading "REMIX: Harris x Saunders x Chan"

MM Kaufman curates another installment in the Late Greats series — Halloween edition! Enjoy these pieces resurrected by Kirsti MacKenzie, Claire Denson, and William Spear. Kirsti MacKenzie is a writer and editor of Major 7th Magazine who lives in Ottawa. You can find her on Twitter at @KeersteeMack, on Bluesky at @keersteemack.bsky.social, on Instagram at @keerstee.mack,Continue reading "Late Greats: Halloween Edition"

Grace Q. Song is back curating another Young Writers episode! “Shrinking Sestina for Women’s Bodies” by Emma Janssen (published in The Nassau Literary Review and runner-up in their 2023 National Undergraduate Art & Writing Contest) Emma is a writer from the Bay Area and student at the University of Chicago who can be found swimming, learning languages,Continue reading "Young Writers: Change"

Guest curator Hema Nataraju and her daughter Meera read submissions from kids from all around the world, choosing five short stories and poems about “the future.” Guest host Eden Hawkins stepped in, so the entire episode features ONLY children’s voices. Enjoy!

Drew Hawkins talks with Grant Faulkner about his new book, “The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story.” Grant Faulkner is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. His stories have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, including Tin House, The Southwest Review, and The Gettysburg Review, andContinue reading "Grant Faulkner x The Art of Brevity"

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about MBF’s programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair and #MBF2022 for more updates. *Continue reading "Ada Calhoun x Also a Poet"

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about MBF’s programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair and #MBF2022 for more updates. *Continue reading "Antoine Wilson x Mouth to Mouth"

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about MBF’s programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair and #MBF2022 for more updates. *Continue reading "Ingrid Rosas Contreras x The Man Who Could Move Clouds"

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about MBF’s programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair and #MBF2022 for more updates. ***Continue reading "Erika T. Wurth x White Horse"

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about MBF’s programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair and #MBF2022 for more updates. InContinue reading "Jess Walter x The Angel of Rome"

This episode is part of an interview series for Miami Book Fair, where members of Team Micro interview authors appearing at the fair about their work. For more information about their programming and to check out the incredible roster of authors appearing this year, visit miamibookfair.com. And be sure to follow them at @miamibookfair andContinue reading "Brendan Slocumb x The Violin Conspiracy"